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Florida Voting Provision Blocked For Being 'Harsh And Impractical'

Reuters | Posted 06.01.2012

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MIAMI, May 31 (Reuters) - A Florida election law requiring third-party groups to turn in voter registration forms within 48 hours is "harsh and impr...

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WATCH: Dem Announces Plans To Run Against Rick Scott

Posted 04.18.2012

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A state senator from South Florida says she will run against Governor Rick Scott in 2014. "I am planning on running for governor in 2014," West De...

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Florida and Arizona Officially Merge, Plan to Enact Craziest Laws Ever

Spencer Green | Posted 04.16.2012

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Spencer Green

In a move that had been expected for some time, the states of Florida and Arizona have merged in an effort to consolidate financial resources and to enact a series of laws even more insane than the ones that either state had passed individually.

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Rick Scott's Latest Baffling Veto

Posted 05.09.2012

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Florida Governor Rick Scott on Friday vetoed a widely popular bill that would send certain non-violent drug addicts to treatment after serving half t...

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Happy Easter: Rick Scott Legalizes Neon Pink Chicks

Posted 04.23.2012

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Florida Governor Rick Scott just approved an agricultural bill, which permits animals to be dyed neon green and dayglo pink. But don't dip any liv...

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Florida Legislators Hard at Work for Big Business

Jose Suarez | Posted 05.16.2012

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Jose Suarez

It seems that these days most of us think our politicians really don't do much. But if you look at the Florida Legislature, that's far from the truth. Oh, they were busy... but busy for whom?

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Florida House To Homeowners: Screw You!

AP | Posted 05.01.2012

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TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- The Florida House has passed a hotly-contested measure aimed at speeding more properties through the mortgage foreclosure process...

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Arthur Delaney

Lawmakers Get A Pass In Bill To Drug Test Florida State Workers

HuffingtonPost.com | Arthur Delaney | Posted 02.27.2012

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A Florida state lawmaker is pushing a bill requiring state agencies to test their workers for drugs. But the bill wouldn't mandate testing for all pub...

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State Rep In 'Sext' Stalking Scandal Quits Office

Posted 05.08.2012

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The Florida state representative who admitted Wednesday to sending harassing text messages to a married assistant U.S. attorney has resigned from legi...

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Rep. Admits Sending 'Sexts' To Assistant U.S. Attorney

Posted 05.08.2012

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Florida House Representative Richard L. Steinberg is being investigated for stalking a Miami prosecutor via text messages, texts the married lawmaker ...

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Chris Kirkham

Florida Prisons Bill Would Expand Private Management, Netting A Big Win For Political Contributors

HuffingtonPost.com | Chris Kirkham | Posted 02.02.2012

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Florida this week faces a choice that is increasingly confronting much of the nation -- whether to hand over a major slice of its prison system to pri...

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Keep Religion Out Of Public Schools

Noah Fitzgerel | Posted 03.21.2012

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Simply put, it is imperative that politicians cease to endorse religion in the name of religion. Doing so casts the role of faith, which is an important element in the daily lives of many Americans, in a negative light.

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Cents and Sensibility ... Inside Florida Education

Rita M. Solnet | Posted 12.13.2011

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Rita M. Solnet

This unfunded law -- SB 736 -- does absolutely nothing to improve the quality of education. There are many victims of Florida's senseless, wasteful education laws.

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Jason Linkins

Florida Senate Mulls Issuing Permits To Panhandlers

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 06.14.2011

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As you know, we're very patiently waiting for the Florida legislature to finally pass their long-awaited anti-bestiality law. In the meantime, what a...

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Jason Linkins

Florida Lawmaker Reprimanded For Saying 'Uterus'

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 05.31.2011

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Apparently, a lawmaker in the Florida House of Representatives ran afoul of that august body's rules of politesse today after he used an inappropriate word on the House floor today. That word: uterus. Wait, what?

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Florida's Gerrymander War: The Pols vs. The People

Richard Hebert | Posted 05.25.2011

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Richard Hebert

Politics may make strange bedfellows, but once in a while it also makes surprising adversaries. So it is this year in Florida's Gerrymander War. In ...

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The (Other) Palm Beach Story: Feds & States Tinkering with Education Get Unplanned Results

Brian Ross | Posted 05.25.2011

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Brian Ross

WARNING: Severe Reality Curve! This cautionary tale may be unsuitable for the Obama Administration's Department of Education and state legislatures en...

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Florida GOP Staffer, Melanie Phister, Had $1.3 Million In Credit Card Charges

St. Petersburg Times | Adam C. Smith | Posted 05.25.2011

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Florida Bill May Cut Minority Scholarships

The Florida Independent Alligator | Posted 05.25.2011

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A bill going through the Florida state Legislature amending Bright Futures scholarship requirements may disproportionately cut opportunities for minor...

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Magnet Education Attracts Unwelcome Clash With No Child Left Behind

Brian Ross | Posted 05.25.2011

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Brian Ross

OPINION - Magnet education has been a huge success in the School District of Palm Beach County (FLA). So why does their Superintendent, Art Johnson, c...

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